NOVEMBER 7-9, 2018

In commemoration of the American Philosophical Society's (APS) 275th anniversary, the APS Library—along with the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL)—is hosting an interdisciplinary and international conference that explores the history of libraries, the present opportunities for libraries (especially independent research libraries and those with special collections), and the potential future for libraries as they continue to evolve in the 21st century.

"The Past, Present, and Future of Libraries" will take place Thursday–Saturday, September 27–29, 2018, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Registration for the conference is free and open to all. The conference organizers have extended the deadline for paper proposals to Tuesday, May 22, at 11:59 p.m. eastern daylight time.

PEGI Project Poster

Learn about and contribute to the PEGI Project. It brings together librarians, technologists, and other information professionals from libraries and federal information agencies. The project’s focus is at-risk government digital information of long-term historical significance which is not being adequately harvested from the web or by other automated means.

The project is conducting a multimodal environmental scan of at-risk federal digital content—and soliciting input from all stakeholders. The project will analyze and develop recommendations for a collaborative national agenda to continue improving preservation and access to electronic government information.

Scott Matheson, Yale Law Library

PEGI Project Session

Librarians have long collaborated to provide government-produced information to their patrons—on a large scale via the Federal Depository Library Program and the National Archives—and on smaller scales through state government information programs. The models for these collection-building and preservation activities were developed in the print era and have struggled to adapt to the digital era. This session will provide an update on a national effort to define government information for collection and preservation in the electronic age. Participants will spend time in facilitated discussion about their government information needs, which will inform the report produced by the PEGI project in fall 2018.

Takeaways:1) Participants will be able to identify several "born digital" government information products (from all levels of government) that are important to their patrons and explain why they are at risk of loss.2) Participants will participate in facilitated group discussions to generate requirements and goals for preserving electronic government information.3) Participants will be able to explain elements of the digital preservation lifecycle and encourage others to become aware of its importance to our collections and patrons.

Who Should Attend: Law librarians who work with government information, develop collections, or teach patrons how to find what they need will benefit from participating in defining what information to preserve for the future; those who have participated in or are following proposed changes to Title 44 U.S.C.

A working lunch during the DLC Meeting & FDL Conference in which members of the PEGI Project Steering Committee will engage participants in discussion about preservation of electronic government information.

A working lunch during the DLC Meeting & FDL Conference in which members of the PEGI Project Steering Committee will engage participants in discussion about preservation of electronic government information.